NAHS Warriors Varsity Boys Basketball Head Coach Kerry Sarden


Coach Kerry Sarden accepting the APS 2019 Coach of the Year Award

Coach Kerry Sarden is the North Atlanta High School Varsity Boys Basketball Coach.  Coach Sarden has been teaching and coaching at NAHS for ten years.  For his first five years, he coached the girls varsity team and has coached the boys the past five years.  

He is originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in Detroit, Michigan where he attended Southeastern High School.  Coach Sarden attended and played basketball at The University of Michigan and Olivet University, where he received his degree.  While playing in college, he was named to the All-MIAA 1st team for two years in a row.  After graduation, Kerry traveled overseas where he lived and played basketball internationally for ten years before returning the United States.

Coach Sarden is married to Joan Sarden and is the father of two boys, Dr. Kerry Sarden, Jr. and Kody Sarden, a 2019 NAHS Graduate.

In his spare time, he cheers for the University of Michigan Wolverines and the Detroit Pistons.  He also plays golf and is the NAHS Golf Coach.

NAHS Warriors Varsity Boys Basketball Assistant Coach Kwandel Grimes


Coach Kwandel Grimes

NAHS Warriors Boys Varsity Assistant Coach Jason Thompson

Coach Jason Thompson is in his first season as an assistant coach for the North Atlanta High School varsity boys basketball team.

He was born and raised in Cary, North Carolina, where he played soccer and basketball in middle school and high school at Cary Christian School. Coach Thompson received bachelor's and master's degrees from NC State University. He moved to Atlanta in May 2020 to start a job in Decision Analytics at The Home Depot's corporate headquarters.